How international is corporate environmental responsibility? A literature review

Journal of International Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-195

  Holtbrügge, Dirk ^a   Dögl, Corinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business and the environment; CER; Environmental responsibility; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860619345     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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